Description
Stuart C. Mendel is the first Fellow appointed by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, editor (with Susan Cruise) of the Journal of Ideology and Associate Editor for Acquisitions for the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. He served for twenty years as Assistant Dean and Director of the Center for Nonprofit Policy and Practice at Cleveland State University. He is author of Mediating Organizations, Private Government, and Civil Society: Disinvestment Through the Preservation of Wealth in Cleveland, Ohio (1950-1990) and The Essential Fundraising Guide for Deans and Directors in Higher Education. Jeffery L. Brudney is the Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His publications include Fostering Volunteer Programs in the Public Sector: Planning, Initiating, and Managing Voluntary Activities. He directed the film, Building a Better Wilmington: Giving and Volunteering in the Port City, which was screened at the Cucalorus Film Festival. Acknowledgements A Note on Quoted Material Introduction: Why This Book? 1. Summing Up, Summing Down: A Review of the Literature on Partnership 2. Nonprofit Partnerships: The Gold Standard 3. The Point of Partnering 4. Good to Great: Recognizing the Signs of High Quality Partnerships 5. Nonprofit Partnerships by Sub-Sector 6. Grant Makers Partnership Practices 7. Toward Nonprofit Theory: Collaboration as a Way of (Work) Life Appendix Index
